Tempting the taste buds - Indian and International cuisine for people who love food and cooking!!

February 3, 2009

Announcing the winners of Santa's Holiday Challenge!

As you all know, Santa's Holiday Challenge, my first ever event was going on at Tasty treats in December of 2008. The winners were to be chosen after two phases of voting. I believe the event was a great success with nearly 70 entries in a wide variety of categories. Check out the round-up to go through all the delicious entries.

Out of all the entries divided into 5 categories, you all chose 15 entries during the first phase of voting (top 3 from each of the five categories). In the second phase of voting, the top 15 entries were put to vote. Again you all have shown great support and voted to choose the winners of the challenge.

I would like to announce the winners of Santa's Holiday Challenge without further delay!

Thanks to all of you who extended your support by sending in your entries and by voting for the contestants. I would also like to thank Bhags of Crazy Curry for her input in conceiving the event and for helping with the event announcement write-up.

I had a very positive experience from hosting this event and cant wait until the next one!! Stay tuned for more of such events on Tasty treats!

Thanks Srilekha, Skribles, EC and Trupti!

Thanks Vani, EC and Trupti

Thanks Trupti and Sireesha

Thanks Trupti and Sireesha!

Thanks Su and Ramya

Thanks Ramya

Thanks Ivy!

Humble beginnings!

I became a fan of cooking blogs when I came to the US because I suddenly found myself to be a home-maker with little knowledge of cooking and a lot of free time on my hands. After a couple of years and experimenting with a lot of food, I started thinking about my own blog!!! But doubting my writing skills, I have been pushing it back for some time. But with a bit of encouragement from one of my close friends and a boosting jolt from my husband, I decided not to wait any further. I hope that everybody will enjoy going through and trying out the recipes.

When I first started depending on the Internet for my cooking, I came across many wonderful recipe sites and cooking blogs!! One thing I realised is that since we are being offered a lot of different versions of a single recipe on the net, we will be more inclined to try out the recipes if we know that the recipe has passed somebody else's cooking test ! A picture of the dish will definitely go a long way to aid our decision. My objective with the blog is to post some of my original recipes along with the recipes from the net that I have chosen after trying out a few of the choices available. In the case of recipes taken from the other sites or books, the actual source will be posted along with the recipe, with the tips that I found to be useful. I sincerely hope that my blog will be a further incentive for everybody to experiment with the already popular dishes ! Please post your comments so that I can improve and evolve the blog into something which will help others who need a bit of inspiration for their cooking.